Johannes Diderik van der Waals
1837 – 1923 Netherlands
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Who was Johannes Diderik van der Waals?
Dutch physicist who developed the van der Waals equation of state for gases and liquids, earning the 1910 Nobel Prize in Physics.
Biographical data adapted from Wikipedia’s article on Johannes Diderik van der Waals (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Awards & Honors
| Award | Year | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Nobel Prize in Physics | 1910 | for his work on the equation of state for gases and liquids |